Telephone-receiver holder



March 24, 1925.

L. KALINA R HOLDER TELEPHONE RECEIVE Filed May 17. 1923 INVENTOR .L. K41, up:

ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

thereby facilitating use of the devicewith UNITED STATES PATH 1,531,190 NT OFFICE- Lonsnn KALINA, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TELEPHONE-REC Application filed May 17,

To all whom it maa concern:

Be it known that I, Lonsnn K LINA, a: citizen of the United. States, and a resident of the city of New'York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State/of New York, have invented a new and 1m: proved Telephone-Receiver Holder, of-wlnch the following is a full, clear,'{and exact de scription. I v p The present invention relates to newand useful improvements in telephone attachments, and it pertainsmore particularly to a telephone receiver-holder.

It is one of the objects of the invention to provide means for supporting a telephone receiver in order thatboth hands of a person speaking onthe telephonemaybe free for the purpose of writing memoranda and the like.

It is a further object of the invention to construct a device of this character in such a manner thatit is adaptable to the conventional type of telephone stands.

It is a further object of theinvention to construct a device of this character in such amanner that the same may be folded upwardlylinto parallelism with. the telephone stand and be out of the way when not in use.

It is a further object of the invention to construct the device in such a manner that the receiver-holding member is adjustable in both a vertical and a'horizontal plane.

It is a still further object'of the invention to construct the device in such a. manner that the telephone receiver mayllbe posi tioned on either side of theltelephone stand in which the device is attached tolthe telephone stand; e

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the receiver-holding element, showing the mani the receiver-holding element nerin which it is adjnstably secured in position; p

Fig. 4 is a planview of the attachment of Fig.5 is a detail view showing the tele-.

EIVER HOLDER.

1923. Serial No. 639,702.

' phone receiver holder folded to positionin parallelism with the telephone stand.

Referring'more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 5 designates a conventional form of telephone stand.

In carrying out theinvention a bushing 6 of suitable material is employed, such bushing being preferably formed in two pieces. This bushing is adapted to embrace the standard of the telephone stand and be secured thereon by means of a two-part band 7.

The parts of this band are secured together at one side by means of bolt 8, and at the other side by means of a bolt 9, the bolt 9 having a wing nut 10, by means of which the two-part bandiscaused to grip the twopart bushingG and secure the same to the standard of the telephone stand. Connected to the bolt 8' are laterally ext-ending members 11, provided with upwardly-bentears 12 on the ends thereof, the purpose of which ears will be hereinafter described.

The reference numeral 13 designates a twopart band, the parts of which are secured together at one side by means of a bolt 14 having a wing nut 15, and atthe other side by means of abolt-16 having a wing nut 17. Pivotally mounted on this bolt 16, is an arm 18, and embracing the lower end of such arm is a U-shaped clip 19, said clip limiting the downward move ment of thearm 18. Pivotally connected to the outer end of the arm 18, asby means of a bolt 20, is a right-angular member 21, and embracing the upper end of the arm 18 and the upper end of the edge of the rightangular member21, is a U-shaped clip 22,

which serves to limit the upward movement of the right-angular member 21. This clip, iowever, in no .way limits thev downward movement of the member 21 since the inner end thereof is curved, as designated by the reference numeral 23, which permits of its passing beneath the U-shaped clip without binding act-ionr Rigidly secured, as at 24, to the rightangular member 21, is a vertical standard 25, and the lowerend of this vertical standard .is provided with a rightangular extension 26 forming foot. The upper end of, the standard 25 is right-angularly dis posed, asat 27, and pivotally mounted on said right-angularly disposed end, by means of a bolt, or the like, 28, is a member 29 I having a vertical extension 30. A U-shaped clip embraces the right-angular extenslon 27 of the member 25 and the end of the member 29, such clip being designated "by the reference character 31. The reference numeral 32 designates two spring arms adapted to embrace a telephone receiver 33. The two spring arms 32 are pivotally secured to the vertical extension 30 of the member 29, by means of a bolt 33, and embracing the ends of the spring members 32 and-the right-angular extension 30, is a U- shaped clip 3-1.

The band 13 heretofore mentioned is adapted for pivotal movement about the stand, thus providing means for pivotally mounting the arm 18 in such a. manner that it may swing about the stand 5. The arm 18 in swinging about the stand, however, is limited by means of the lugs 12 of the members 1-1 since it is engaged by these lugs in its swinging movement. The members 11, however, are preferably formed of resilient metal and may be bent downwardly to a point where the arm can swing therepast if occasion so requires.

The device is shown 111 Fig. 1 in theposition in which it is employed for'supporting a telephone receiver, and with the receiver positioned in this manner both hands of the operator are free for other us.

By constructing the receiver holder as above outlined, the same is mounted for adjustment in a horizontal plane. about the bolt 28, and for adjustment in a vertical plane by the bolt 33, and by this construction proper adjustment of the receiver may be had. In addition, the telephone receiver is adjustable about the telephone stand in order that it may be positioned on either side of the telephone stand for use in connection with either ear of'a listener.

hen the device'is'not in use, the receiver is removed from the resilient members 32 and supported upon the hook of the telephone stand in the ordinary manner. When this is done it is only necessary to move the arm 18 upwardly, the bolt16 serving as the pivot therefor. Simultaneously with the arm 18 swinging aboutthepivot 16, the vertical standard 25 will swing about the bolt 20 as its pivotal point, and the arm 18 and the vertical standard 25 will move into parallelism with each other and with the standard of the telephone stand and the receiver will be positioned where the same will not be in the way and will not interfere with the usual operation of a telephone stand.

WVhile in the present instance the device is illustrated as having two bands 7 and 13, it isobvious that the band '7 may be eliminated and that the arm 18 may be pivoted in a horizontal plane to the band 13, and such band he clamped tightly about the telephone stand.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination with a telephone stand, a band adapted to be rigidly secured thereto, a secondhand pivotally mountedon said rigidly secured band, 'an arm-carried bysaid second-mentioned bandand adapted 'to have pivotal movement about the telephone stanthand means carried by said rigidly secured band for limiting the pivotal movementof said arm.

2. A telephone receiver support comprising a band adapted for rigid attachment to a telephone stand, a second band adapted for pivotal attachment to said telephone stand, said first-mentioned band forming a support for the second-mentioned band, and

means for limiting the pivotal movement of said pivoted band, said limiting means being carried by said rigidly secured band.

A device of the character described comprising an arm adapted to be secured to a telephone stand and have horizontal pivotal movement 'thereaboutwhereby the receiver *may be moved 'to either the rightor left-hand side of the stand, and means rigidlycarried by said stand for limiting the horizontal movement of said arm and thereby determining the right or left position of said arm, said means comprising a pairof oppositely disposed rigid arms carried'bythetelephone stand and an upstanding resilient lug formed on the free end of each of said arms.

LO'ESER KALINA. 

